Willkie pledges navy convoy to aid Britain in war
In a NBC recording marking Independence Day, Wendell Willkie declares the U S navy will convoy ships to ensure supplies reach Great Britain. He argues liberty must expand and that only strong action can defeat totalitarianism, praising veterans and stressing American resolve. England’s survival hinges on naval deliveries.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie de Giaren
Great Britain
Wilkie
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
Europe
America
Britain
Willkie De|tered
Asia
Willie
Willkie
United States
Voices For Freedom
Winkle
Unesa
England
More Doctors Sought for Britain as U S Volunteers Rise
The American Medical Association reports a limited but growing response to British appeals for U S medical volunteers. It says the domestic need is so great that Britain's request will be met only with the greatest difficulty. About 65 American physicians are ready to join British medical services and 25 more volunteers are likely to be available soon.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
United States
Knox sticks to Atlantic menace talk despite Wheeler demand
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox reaffirmed his stance on using the U S Navy to clear the Atlantic of the German menace. When pressed about Sen Burton Wheeler's call for his resignation he replied that the question deserved its own answer.
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U.S. Navy
Atlantic
Washington
Frank Knox
Burton K. Wheeler
Dominion plan to market 1941 Okanagan apples
Ottawa reports the Dominion government will aid with up to 1,000,000 dollars in marketing a substantial portion of the 1941 apple crops from the Okanagan valley and the Mootenay districts of British Columbia under an agreement with the British Columbia fruit board.
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Ottawa
Dominion
British Columbia Fruit Board
Okanagan Valley
Mootenay
British Columbe
British Air Missioner Tales Salmon Trout Flight
J P Bickel, back from Ottawa and Washington for the British air ministry, visited the Royal Canadian Air Force officers in Newfoundland. He took a tin of freshly caught speckled brook trout, which an RAF cook prepared and shared aboard a British airport transfer. Rumor claimed the King breakfasted on salmon from Canada, a Buckingham Palace denial followed.
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Lesdon
J. P. Bickel
Britain
Ottawa
Washington
British
Air Ministry
Royal Canadian Air Force
Newfoundland
CG. Power
Mr. Bickell
Toronto
Air Training Plan gains momentum in Empire effort
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced in Boundary Bay that more Royal Canadian Air Force squadrons will operate in England under the Empire Air Training plan. Air Minister Power recently traveled to England to arrange an increase in Canadian air units with the Royal Air Force. After 18 months of preparation the plan is emerging as a decisive influence on the war, King told a large crowd at No 18 Elementary Flying School.
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Vancouver
Royal Canadian Air Force
England
Mackenzie King
Boundary Bay
Here
Power
Royal Air Force
War Urgency Echoed in Atlantic Talks With Beaverbrook
Lord Beaverbrook, newly named minister of supply by Prime Minister Churchill, told a North American audience urgency in everything is the watchword. He urged speed in production and confidence that North America will respond fully, stating there is no need for panic if maximum effort is sustained.
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Ottawa
Lord Beaverbrook
Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Churchill
North America
Barred From Civil Service Ottawa War Order
Government orders that no male person of military age be appointed to the civil service during the war unless ineligible for service or certified as necessary in the public interest by the civil service commission. The order-in-council was published for immediate effect.
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Ottawa
Civil Service Commission
Perth pilot wins Distinguished Flying Cross for daring mission
J R Thompson of Perth Ontario attached to Royal Air Force squadron 139 operating in the Middle East received the Distinguished Flying Cross for guiding a damaged flight safely to base without navigational aids after an attack on a convoy last May. The action occurred during an assault on a large convoy east of Lampedusa between Malta and Tunis.
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London
J. R. Thompson
Perth
Ont
Royal Air Force
Middle East
Thompson
Air Ministry
Malta
Tunis
Canadian Officers to Resume Army Courses in Canada
A group of 34 Canadian officials with ranks of major and captain have returned from Britain to take army courses in Canada. They will have a brief furlough before new duties, led by Captain Cunningham of Calgary who earned the George Medal for defusing a bomb in Britain. Others include Maj C A Lyndon of Edmonton, Maj A T Dixon of Regina, Capt G P Hating of Edmonton, Capt L H Young of Winnipeg, Capt J S Adam of Victoria, and Capt A F B Knight of Winnipeg. Officers report overseas troops ready to face Hitler after the Russian invasion, and note scarcity of chocolate and cigarettes in Britain, with many munching candy on return.
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Ottawa
Britain
Canada
Douglas Cunningham
Calgary
Cunningham
George
C. A. Lyndon
Edmonton
A. T Dixon
Regina
G. P. Hating
L. H.young
Winnipeg
J. S. Adam
Victoria
A. F. B. Knight
Hitler
Germany
Russia
Canadian Troops Land in Britain in Large Scale
The largest Canadian force yet arrives in the United Kingdom led by the First Canadian Army Tank Brigade. Thousands disembark from a vast convoy under naval protection, cheering the Royal Navy as they move to camps on Britain's battle lines. The group includes a 1200 bed Montreal hospital, forestry corps crews, infantry, artillery, airmen, and naval personnel.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Canadian Army Tank Brigade
Atlantic
Britain
Royal Navy
Montreal
Canadian Forestry Corps
Scotland
Artillery
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Tank Brigade
Ontario
Alberta
Quebec
Canadian Tank Reinforcements Arrive in Britain
Geoffrey Shakespeare and Canadian officials welcome a new brigade of tanks and crews to England. They hail the first Canadian tank formations as a landmark showing Canada's strategic support and warn that if Germany advances on Russia, Canada will act. They pledge to defend free life against Hitler’s new order.
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Geoffrey Shakespeare
Dominions
F. F. Worthington
England
Gordon B. Johnson
Scotland
Vincent Massey
Shakespeare
Canada
Germany
Russia
Hitler
Britain to Maintain Diplomatic Ties With Finland
Foreign Secretary Eden told Parliament that Britain will maintain diplomatic relations with Finland and that relations with Sweden remain normal. He said Sweden plans to stay neutral while allowing passage of a German division to Finland, and he offered no further comment on Finland’s neutral status since entering the Russo-German war.
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Britain
Finland
London
Sweden
Eden
House of Commons
Britain Cuts Gas Ration Hits Private Citizens
Britain reduces gasoline ration by one sixth for private citizens, dropping motoring per car from about 200 to 165 miles monthly, an authoritative report states.
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Britain
London
Wheat Quota Hints From Edmonton Trade Minister
Edmonton Trade Minister MacKinnon says the initial 1941 wheat crop quota will be at least five bushels an acre and may rise as space becomes available. Temporary grain storage plants at Port Arthur and Fort William will hold about 511 million bushels, with additional buildings due by August 15. Exports are forecast at 225 million bushels, lower than earlier estimates, reducing July carryover to around 475 to 501 million bushels. He cautions the wheat problem remains serious with over 500 million bushels on hand as the 1941 harvest nears.
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Edmonton
MacKinnen
Port Arthur
Fort William
MacKinnon
Confer With Russian Staff On War Plans
London reports that the Soviet general staff expresses confidence in beating the German blitzkrieg. Lieut.-Gen. McFarlane heads a British mission to Moscow to aid Soviet generals as Russian officers study German tactics and consider receiving British RAF methods and secret production techniques. The aim is to slow the German advance until Russia can increase aircraft and industrial output.
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F. N. Major. McFarlane
Russia
Moscow
France
Britain
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
Dyina River
Minak
Invasion of the Nazi Held Coast May Start Soon
London reports Aeroplane magazine hints that daylight RAF sweeps and nightly bombardment along the French coast may precede troop landings before August 1. It says Germans doubt British intent but expects new offensives. Reuters notes half of occupation forces withdrawn from France.
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London
Royal Air Force
RAF
France
Russia
Aeroplane
Reuters
R.A.F
Return To Britain Of Aliens From Canada
A large group of German and Italian born men interned in Canada have been returned to the United Kingdom with Canadian troops. The British Home Office directed their return after investigations certified them as non dangerous. The refugees, all civilians, were part of the roundup of aliens conducted in Britain over a year ago.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Home Office
Britain
Trapper Trek Enlists After 250 Mile Journey
A Canadian army enlistment entry arrives in Vancouver by a 250 mile trek. A Russian resident of Canada for 28 years walked from a Cariboo point to Hazelton, taking 12 days. He joined after hearing on radio that men were needed, noting a snowstorm on Groundhog mountain range slowed him.
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Vancouver
Canada
Cariboo
Hazelton
Groundhog Mountain Range
Russia claims unlimited manpower and resources in war
Soviet Russia thanked the United States for stance on the Russo German war and defied Hitler with a Kremlin press conference statement. Vice Commissar A Lozovsky said Russia could mobilize 16,000,000 people if necessary without harming manpower or material reserves, adding they remain calm amid difficulties.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
Hitler
Kremlin
A. Lozovsky
Red Cross Ships Prisoner Of War Parcels To Australia
Dr. Fred W. Routley national commissioner of the Canadian Red Cross Society announced in Toronto that in response to a request from the Australian Red Cross the Canadian society will ship 5,000 prisoners of war food parcels each week for Australian soldiers captured in the east.
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Toronto
Fred W. Routley
Canadian Red Cross Society
Australian Red Cross
Canadian Society
Best takes helm at Banting Institute in Toronto
Dr C H Best, linked with the late Sir Frederick Banting in insulin discovery, begins duties as head of the Banting Institute in Toronto.
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Toronto
C. H. Best
Sir Frederick Banting
Banting
Population of Hong Kong Exceeds One Million
The British colony of Hong Kong in China has more than 1,000,000 inhabitants. The report notes demographic size and growth within the colonial territory.
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Hong Kong
China
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